Frosted chocolate cupcake birthday cake
( SERVES 15 )
24/9/2006
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Ingredients
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| 110 g | Butter, softened |
| 1½ cups | Sugar |
| 1 tsp | Vanilla essence/extract |
| 2 | Eggs |
| 1½ cups | Standard flour |
| 1½ tsp | Baking powder |
| ¼ cup | Cocoa powder |
| ¾ cup | Milk, plus extra 2 Tbsp |
Chocolate Frosting
| 1 cup | Cream |
| 375 g | Dark chocolate, coarsely chopped or melts |
Directions
- Heat oven to 180 degC fan bake. Line muffin tins with paper cases. Place butter, sugar and vanilla in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time.
- Sift together flour, baking powder and cocoa and add in three lots, alternating with milk and beating well after each addition.
- Spoon into prepared muffin cases and bake for 15 minutes or until an inserted skewer comes out clean. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Ice with chocolate frosting, adding candles to cakes, if desired.
- To make chocolate frosting, place cream and chocolate in a bowl and melt over a saucepan of simmering water, or microwave. Stir until smooth, then set aside to cool and set. Beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Smooth on to cupcakes or pipe through a piping bag, if preferred.
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